Chromatography at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon

11503 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1194787218

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$55.77

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$169.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$3.98 with United Healthcare vs $95.95 with National Choicecare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare All Payer $3.98 ↓ -93%
Texas Healthspring MM $9.03 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $12.12 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star KM $12.12 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $12.12 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Chip KM $12.12 ↓ -78%
Community First Med Adv MM $12.12 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $16.85 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Chip KM $16.85 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Star KM $16.85 ↓ -70%
Molina Chip KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Humana Gold Choice MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Humana Gold Plus MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna Chip KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna Star KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Coventry First Health MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Wellcare MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Molina Star Plus KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Superior Chip KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Superior Star Plus KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Superior Foster Care KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Superior Star KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Superior Star Kids KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Superior Star Plus MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Allwell Superior Health MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Triwest VA MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Star Chip KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Community First Chip KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Community First Star KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Community First Star Kids KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Chip KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Driscoll Children's Health Plan Star Kids KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
El Paso First KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
First Care KM $18.06 ↓ -68%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $18.60 ↓ -67%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $18.60 ↓ -67%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $18.96 ↓ -66%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $18.96 ↓ -66%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $18.96 ↓ -66%
US Imaging Network PPO $19.32 ↓ -65%
Devoted Health Plan MM $19.50 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup MM $19.50 ↓ -65%
Imperial Health Plan MM $19.87 ↓ -64%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $19.87 ↓ -64%
ProCare Advantage MM $19.87 ↓ -64%
Employer Direct Healthcare PPO $21.67 ↓ -61%
Gilsbar Inc. MM $23.48 ↓ -58%
Christus Health HIX $25.28 ↓ -55%
Aetna PPO $35.76 ↓ -36%
Aetna POS $35.76 ↓ -36%
Aetna EPO $35.76 ↓ -36%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $36.12 ↓ -35%
Community First Health Plan HMO $44.44 ↓ -20%
Healthcare Highways PPO $45.45 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Blue AdvantangeHMO $46.41 ↓ -17%
Humana Choicecare $47.56 ↓ -15%
Christian Brothers Services PPO $55.55 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO $56.53 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HEB $57.25 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO $63.57 ↑ +14%
Phcs PPO $65.65 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $65.65 ↑ +18%
Multiplan PPO $65.65 ↑ +18%
First Health PPO $65.65 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Traditional $67.00 ↑ +20%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $70.70 ↑ +27%
Cigna New Business $72.05 ↑ +29%
Medicus Internatiaonal PPO $75.75 ↑ +36%
Health Management Network PPO $80.80 ↑ +45%
HealthSmart PPO $80.80 ↑ +45%
Provider Select PPO $80.80 ↑ +45%
Beech Street PPO $80.80 ↑ +45%
Cigna PPO $91.24 ↑ +64%
National Choicecare PPO $95.95 ↑ +72%

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